Cleaner for shaking-sieves.



F. L. SHALER. CLEANER FOR-SHAKING S|EVES.`

(Application led Jan. 2S, 1901.) (No Model.)

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FRANK L. SIIALER,

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CLEANER FOR SHAKlNG-SlEVES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 699,025, dated. April 29, 1902.

Application filed January 28,1901

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Beit known that I, FRANK LSHALER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Hebron, in the county of Licking and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cleaners for Shaking-Sieves; and I do declare the following toy be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertainsto make and use the same.

The invention relates tocleaners for shakingsieves,'and more particularly to a device of this character designed for cleaning the meshes of the bolting-c'loth and keeping them open, whereby the flour may be more expeditiously bolted and the annoyance and labor expended in removing the sieve for the purpose of cleaning be entirely obviated.

The object of the invention is to provide a device of this character which shall be simple of construction, durable in use, comparatively inexpensive of production, and efficient in operation.

With this and other objects in View the invention consists of certain novel features of construction, combination, and arrangement of parts, which will be hereinafter more fully described, and particularly pointed out in the appended claim. n

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a vertical sectional view through a shakingsieve,illustrating the application of my invention. Fig. 2 is a detail perspective view of one form of my improved cleaning device. Fig. 3 is a side elevation, partly in section, of the device. Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view of another form of my invention. Fig. 5 is a longitudinal vertical sectional view. Fig. 6 is a cross-sectional View on line 676 of Fig. 5 looking in the direction of the arrow.

Referring to the drawings, l'denotes the sieve-frame, 2 the bolting-cloth attached thereting cloth-cleaner support` secured to 'the' frame below the bolting-cloth. This netting when made of metal, which is preferable in devices of this character, is before applied rolled, so as to present a smooth iiat surface for the cleaning device to slide or travel upon, such surface being indicated'by the numerall 4 in Fig. 1.

The cleaning device shown in Figs. 1, 2, and

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3 consists of a` base or body portion a, pref- A erably oblong and formed withrounded corners and provided on-its underside with a metallic wear-shoe b, held in placeby a screw .posed spaced apart, so as to prevent the accumulation orlodgment of the material bolted through the cloth 2 into said resilient member.

YIn the shaking action of the sieve the cleaning -device will'bejostled and worked about, and'v the resilient `member d coming into contact with the underside ofthe bolting-cloth will loosen the our from the meshes of said cloth and permit it to fall down through the netting 3. The j ostling, bumping, or vibratory action which would be imparted to the cleaning device Were the netting 4 rough is entirely obviated by first rolling the `netting to present a smooth iiat surface for the cleaning device to slide upon', the sudden jars -and knocks heretofore imparted to the bolting-cloth by devices employed for Ycleaning the meshes thereof is entirely overcome,andth e life of the cloth thus greatly increased, as the sliding engagement of the resilient member d against the cloth is just as effectivein loosening the iiour from the meshes of the cloth as the jarring or bumping action heretofore imparted to the cloth by devices of this general character.

In Figs. 4, 5, and 6 is shown a modified form of the invention, in which the base or body portion f of the cleaning device is made of sheet metal, having a transverse'wearlngshoe g pressed therein and provided with a marginal elastic buer 71, which is fastened to the body portion or plate f by prongs t', projecting from the marginal edges of said plate.' The resilient member is made of coiled `spring-wire, the coils of whichare held sep- A bolting-cloth cleaner adapted to be carried by a foraminous support beneath and parallel with the cloth, consisting ot' a base and a spring-wire coil bent into the form of a loop and having its ends secured to the base, said coil projecting rearward at an upward incline from its line of attachment lto the base. v

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

FRANK L. SI'IALER.

Witnesses:

AMos ATwooD, D. M. SHALER. 

